Amon Creek Elementary

Amon Creek Elementary is a large elementary school in Kennewick School District, located in Richland, Washington. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 594 students. That puts enrollment 56% bigger than the 380-student average for elementary schools in Washington.

Kennewick School District is the local district for Amon Creek Elementary. It runs 31 schools with 18,826 students.

White students are 68% of those enrolled at Amon Creek Elementary. Next come 22% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is in line with Benton County, where about 70% of residents are White. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Amon Creek Elementary are from different groups.

Amon Creek Elementary has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 22% at Amon Creek Elementary. The 49% average for public schools in Benton County is 27 points higher.

In Benton County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $89,874, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 69 public schools in the county, enrolling about 38,191, Amon Creek Elementary among them.

Amon Creek Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Sunset View Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of Amon Creek Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Small: inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

In 2024-25, the school enrolled 594, down from 665 in 2020-21.

Amon Creek Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.